Starshine
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in London for babies from 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2016, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We offer 15 hours and 30 hour funding for children aged 9 months- 4 years.
Worth knowing. Funding is applicable from the term after your child’s second or third birthday. We do also offer fully funded spaces but these are limited.
What childcare usually costs in Haringey
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Haringey from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
N8 8AXWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 11 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children warmly as they arrive. Children enjoy their time at the nursery.
They are confident, happy and have fun. They arrive excitedly, leave their parents with ease and are eager to investigate the activities provided. Children are cared for by staff that know them well. There is a challenging and ambitious curriculum that successfully excites children and supports them to make the best possible progress in their learning and development. For example, staff develop children's imagination and keen interest in dinosaurs. They add leaves, sticks and play dough to extend their enjoyment. This helps children to explore resources and lead their own play.
Staff support children to behave well. Children show that they acquire positive social skills and good attitudes to learning. Staff act as good role models for sharing and taking turns with others. Staff help children to learn early recognition of emotions and how to self-regulate their behaviour. This supports children to express their thoughts and become aware of other people's feelings. Staff manage children's personal care respectfully and share ideas with the parents. For instance, staff provide workshops for parents to support them at home, such as on potty training. They provide effective opportunities for children to develop and practise important skills in readiness for school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen teaching further by ensuring that spontaneous learning activities take account of children's prior learning experiences and help promote more purposeful discussions.
- 11 April 2024Good
- 1 June 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Starshine
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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